Labyrinth of Darkness. Jiří Barta, 1978-1989.
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Edition screened: Kino/Kimstim Collection DVD, released 2006. Mostly sound effects without spoken dialogue, Czech titles, and English subtitles as appropriate. Compiled runtime approximately 152 minutes.
Summary: Animated cow slaughter.
Details: The segment The Pied Piper of Hamelin contains a brief scene of a cow slaughter, 1:34:48-1:34:51. This entire film is stop-action animation using wooden figures carved in a Germanic folk style, making it similar to a butchering vignette on a mechanized cuckoo clock. Immediately following is a similarly animated banquet scene with stylized animal body parts on platters.
Labyrinth of Darkness compiles eight films by Jiří Barta:
Riddles for a Candy (1978, 8 minutes)
Disc Jockey (1980, 10 minutes)
The Design (1981, 6 minutes)
The Vanished World of Gloves (1982, 16 minutes)
A Ballad About Greenwood (1983, 11 minutes)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1985, 55 minutes)
The Last Theft (1987, 21 minutes)
The Club of the Laid Off (1989, 25 minutes)
Disc Jockey (1980, 10 minutes)
The Design (1981, 6 minutes)
The Vanished World of Gloves (1982, 16 minutes)
A Ballad About Greenwood (1983, 11 minutes)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1985, 55 minutes)
The Last Theft (1987, 21 minutes)
The Club of the Laid Off (1989, 25 minutes)